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PaperbackThe New Parish
How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community
by Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen
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Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
"When . . . faith communities begin connecting together, in and for the neighborhood, they learn to depend on God for strength to love, forgive and show grace like never before. ...
PaperbackThe Blessing of Africa
The Bible and African Christianity
by Keith A Burton
According to some estimates, Africa will soon have the highest concentration of Christians in the world. But African Christianity has had a long and conflicted history. Even today, modern misinterpretations of Scripture argue for God's curse uponthe dark-skinned peoples of Africa.In this comprehensive study, Keith Burton traces the story of biblical Africa and the place of the Bible in the land ...
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David B. Capes
David B. Capes (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate dean of biblical and theological studies and professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. He has authored, coauthored, or coedited books such as Rediscovering Jesus, Old Testament Yahweh Texts in Paul's Christology, The Footsteps of Jesus in the Holy Land, The Last Eyewitness, Rebecca's Children, The Voice of Hebrews, and The Voice of Romans. Previously, Capes was academic dean and professor of New Testament at Houston Graduate School of Theology. He served as the lead scholar on a new Bible translation, The Voice Bible, and he cohosts a radio show called A Show of Faith on TALK RADIO 950 KPRC Houston.
PaperbackLast Call for Liberty
How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat
by Os Guinness
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World Magazine Book of the YearThe hour is critical. The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War. Conflicts, hostility, and incivility now threaten to tear the country apart. Competing visions have led to a dangerous moment of cultural self-destruction. This is no longer politics ...
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Richard B. Steele
Richard B. Steele is Professor of Moral and Historical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA where he currently resides. He is the author of "Gracious Affection" and "True Virtue" According to Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley and the editor of "Heart Religion" in the Methodist Tradition and Related Movements. His articles have appeared in numerous theological magazines and reviews.
PaperbackCalled
The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today
by Mark Labberton
The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus.The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leadersfor the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives relate to the world. What are our lives in this world ...
PaperbackEnough for Today
Forty Reflections for Surviving the Wilderness
by Donna Barber
Find Strength in the Wilderness
When life feels like a wilderness—a place of uncertainty, exhaustion, and spiritual stumbling—what do you hold on to?
For many of us the past few years have been clouded by plagues ofillness and dying, anger and violence, disillusionment and loss. And numerous pharaohs, from the church house to the courthouse to the White House, appear ...
PaperbackUnfolding Redemption
The Heart of the Gospel in the Story of Old Testament History
by Ian James Vaillancourt
Trace God’s Plan of Redemption Through the Old Testament
Do you find the Old Testament historical books challenging or confusing? Have you ever struggled to get through these sections of God’s Word or wondered why they matter for us today? Many of us view the Old Testament as something we read simply because we’ve been told it’s good for us. But when we uncover the unfolding ...
PaperbackA Change of Heart
A Personal and Theological Memoir
by Thomas C. Oden
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How did one of the twentieth century's most celebrated liberals have such a dramaticchange of heart?
After growing up in the heart of rural Methodism in Oklahoma, Thomas Oden found Marx, Nietzsche and Freud storming into his imagination. ...
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Munther Isaac
Munther Isaac (PhD, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies) is the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College in Palestine and director of the Christ at the Checkpoint conference. He is also pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. He is the author of From Land to Lands, from Eden to the Renewed Earth: A Christ-Centered Biblical Theology of the Promised Land.
